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Visordown.com reports that the US Military is working with British engineering company Malloy Aeronautics to develop a flying hoverbike to transport soldiers quickly across a battlefield.
A hoverbike powered by a BMW R1200R engine could one day be soaring over the battlefields of the future.
Working alongside a US military research and development firm, the hoverbike could form a new class of tactical reconnaisance vehicle that has more than a touch of the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi about it.
But this isn't technology from 'a galaxy far, far away' - the Hoverbike can already be seen flying (albeit tethered to ropes).
Malloy Aeronautics said: 'We combined the simplicity of a motorbike and the freedom of a helicopter to create the world's first flying motorcycle. When compared with a helicopter, the Hoverbike is cheaper, more rugged and easier to use – and represents a whole new way to fly.
Related links:
http://www.businessinsider.com/hoverbike-is-like-a-flying-motorcycle-2014-8?op=1
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/22/us-military-hoverbike/
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by GoonDu on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:59AM
Not all cheap little drones can be deployed from the comfort of the air base. One may need to send troops behind enemy lines to deploy said drones so these bikes were invented for this type of scenario, although I have my doubts of them being sneaky because of how loud they are. As for medivac, I would think this is good for casevac as well. Make it so they could assemble it fast and deploy it as form of glorified stretcher, then again we have Big Dog for that.